|
On Monday March 9th at 6:30 pm we will be discussing the benefits of Acupuncture and Maya Abdominal Massage during pregnancy.
This is one of my favorite workshops because there are so many benefits to having acupuncture during pregnancy and it is an area where Western Medicine often does not have any solutions.
Chinese Medicine has been treating pregnant women for thousands of years. Many women feel that they have to “suffer” through pregnancy as each ache, pain, or discomfort is a rite of passage. In fact I was once at a prenatal talk and the women were asked to name all their discomforts or what was expected to come throughout their pregancy, everything from morning sickness ,insomnia, constipation, heartburn, backache, carpal tunnel pain, high blood pressure was up on that chalk board without any helpful suggstions for these women.
Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine have been helping women with these discomforts for thousands of years. There have been many studies done on the benefits of acupuncture and morning sickness, pelvic pain and preparation for labour. Moxabustion for breech babies will also be discussed, this is a very simple treatment of buring a mugwort stick on a specific point on the baby toe which helps to turn breech babies. Several studies have found that babies who are treated with the moxabustion turn more that those babies who are not treated with moxabustion. This is a very safe non invasive treatment that may prevent a c-section.
Diet, lifestyle and exercise advice will be given . Jennie Bridgman our Counsellor will be speaking about Pregnancy and the changes that occur at this time and Clare Blanchflower will speak on Maya Abdominal Massage.
Please join us as we discuss how to create optimum health and well-being thoughout all stages of your pregnancy and post partum.
POSTED March 4th, 2009 By Michelle Hughes
|
